American Ambulance's own Daniel Bernhardt joins us today to discuss the dangers of RMCT (Refusal of Medical Care and/or Transportation).

It's warming up, and that means the snakes are coming out! Join us for a deep dive into how to approach rattlers, fortunately the only venomous snakes we have in our service area of California. 

Transtracheal Jet Insufflation (TTJI) is one of those rarely needed procedures that hopefully you will never even have to perform. But if and when you do, you need to be ready! So have a listen and brush up. 

For today's discussion we are joined by two awesome guests: Paramedic Derek Ratzel, and Dr. Joe Mueller, both bringing their own expertise on the subject to the podcast!

The basics (BLS) are core to what we do, and vital to doing it well! Today we are pleased to welcome paramedic and field training officer Alex Diaz to discuss these important EMS fundamentals.

Today our team is pleased to have Kathy Cromwell from Hinds Hospice join us to discuss death and how to navigate this dreaded/avoided but inevitable scenario in the career of an EMS worker.    

American Ambulance's own QA documentation specialist Daniel Bernhardt joins us for an exciting update on our newly implemented High Performance CPR Initiative.

Merry Christmas! On this episode we are discussing what it takes to be a CCT Paramedic and outlining the plans for a brand new course that will be rolling out early next year that will bring the training needed to become a CCT medic to California for the first time ever! A very big thanks to American Ambulance CCT Paramedic Clarissa Torralva for joining us for this episode for this exciting conversation. 

On this episode we welcome back Dr. Miranda Lewis, the EMS Medical Director of our Central California EMS Agency to talk about Pain Management in EMS and the eminent changes in our local protocols here in the CCEMSA region. 

Cardiac Pacing is one of those HALO (High Acuity Low Occurrence) skills that it never hurts to brush up on so that you're ready when the time comes!

A special thanks to American Ambulance Paramedics Ben Callahan and Lauren Cooper for sharing a case on this week's episode!